Local Transport Plans
Transport
Written answers and statements, 23 November 2005
Tom Brake (Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (And Scotland), Transport; Carshalton and Wallington, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the major schemes (a) proposed and (b) approved under the second round of local transport plans; what the expected cost was of each scheme, including expected central government funding; and what estimate has been made of future levels of (i) traffic and (ii) carbon dioxide emissions under each scheme.
Karen Buck (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport; Regent's Park and Kensington North, Labour)
The major schemes that are proposed in the second round of local transport plans fall into two categories. There are those for which we received Major Scheme Business Cases in July 2005 which contain detailed proposals, including costs. The remainder are those that authorities have indicated that they will be developing over the next few years for which there are fewer details.
The schemes for which we have business cases are set out in the table. Both the estimated total cost and the Department's contribution have been rounded to the nearest million.
| Local authority | Scheme name | Estimated total cost (£ million) | Estimated DfT contribution (£ million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes | Bletchley Link | 10 | 9 |
| Brighton and Hove | Rapid Transit System | 22 | 20 |
| Warwickshire | SPARK | 15 | 13 |
| Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton Railway Station | 20 | 7 |
| Sandwell / Dudley | Burnt Tree junction A4123/A461 | 10 | 10 |
| Walsall | Brownhills Transport Package | 21 | 19 |
| Nexus (Tyne and Wear PTE) | Washington to Gateshead Bus Corridor | 7 | 5 |
| Sunderland | Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor | 69 | 69 |
| Nottinghamshire | Mansfield Bus Station | 8 | 8 |
| Doncaster | Finningley and Rossington Route Scheme | 158 | 93 |
| Rotherham | Waverley Link Road | 8 | 8 |
| West Yorkshire PTE | Wakefield Westgate Station | 7 | 7 |
| Kirklees | Highways Strengthening and Bridge Maintenance | 15 | 15 |
| Bristol | Greater Bristol Bus Network | 69 | 42 |
| Gloucestershire | Gloucester Parkway Elmbridge Court | 27 | 19 |
| Somerset | Taunton Third Way and Northern Inner Distributor Road | 27 | 14 |
| Suffolk | Ipswich Town Centre Improvements | 15 | 15 |
| Norfolk | A140 Long Stratton Bypass | 27 | 27 |
| Herefordshire | Rotherwas Access Road | 10 | 6 |
| Sandwell | A41 Expressway/A4031 All Saints Way | 20 | 20 |
| Northamptonshire | A509 Isham to Wellingborough Improvement | 14 | 14 |
| East Riding | Beverley Integrated Transport Plan | 28 | 24 |
| Nottinghamshire | Pleasley Bypass Extension | 17 | 17 |
| Bridlington | Bridlington Integrated Transport Scheme | 4 | 4 |
| Essex | Thames Gateway A13/A130 | 71 | 71 |
| Lancashire | Heysham to M6 Link Road | 88 | 86 |
| Blackpool | Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway upgrade | 96 | 72 |
| Durham | East Durham Link Road | 10 | 10 |
| York | Haxby Station | 4 | 3 |
| Middlesbrough | A66 Middlesbrough | 0 | 2 |
| Leicestershire | A47 Earl Shilton Bypass | 15 | 14 |
| Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester Urban Traffic Control | 14 | 14 |
| South East Dorset | Canford Bridge | 3 | 3 |
Decisions on these schemes will be taken in the spring of 2006, following the receipt of the advice from the regions on transport priorities.
These major schemes are being considered by the Department and are subject to economic appraisal using the NATA methodology which looks at both traffic and emissions. However, neither carbon dioxide nor traffic levels are always explicitly identified as part of the appraisal, so it would not be possible to identify these elements for all schemes.
In terms of the other schemes in the second round of local transport plans, these range from specific proposals to descriptions of the problem that needs to be addressed. A list of the named proposals has been placed in the Libraries of the House. This list is not exhaustive and other proposals may be presented to the Department in the period.
We are unable to provide the estimated total cost or the Department's contribution at this stage as these proposals have not yet been formally submitted to the Department. No decisions have been taken on these schemes.